The basic schedule applies where the department needs to share data with the supplier. The enhanced schedule is for suppliers handling particularly sensitive data. We will tell you which schedule you need to follow when we invite tenders.

Standard terms and conditions for DfE contracts

If you would like to know which terms and conditions apply when bidding for a particular DfE contract, contact the person named in the advertisement and tender documentation.

Due to the complexity of many of our requirements, we compile contract terms and conditions on a case-by-case basis. However, we base most on the following standard terms and conditions:

Purchase orders

Our purchase orders (documents that ask a company to supply goods and give details of price, method and date of payment) are subject to our terms and conditions for goods
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

We’re committed to engaging with SMEs and always treat their tenders and applications fairly in comparison to larger organisations. We’ll continue to encourage and support all collaborative partnerships between SMEs or SMEs and larger organisations.

We also run innovation days where suppliers can meet each other and showcase what they offer. We advertise these on LinkedIn and Twitter.

SME mailbox

EU and UK procurement law

We must follow EU Treaty, EU Procurement Directive (EU rules) and UK laws that govern how we may buy goods, services and works over a specified value or ‘threshold’.

Where we expect the estimated value of a contract to be over the relevant EU threshold, we must advertise our requirements on the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) website, part of the Official Journal of the European Union.

How we process your personal data

We are changing the way we process your personal data relating to financial transactions when we interact with you. Our services provider Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) may process some of this data offshore. For more information see Personal data processing: fair processing notice.

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